The Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s Marine Enforcement division has released additional information in an August 3rd drowning death at Skiatook Lake.
Troopers say 61-year-old Michael Cooke, of Bethany, was walking down to a boat slip to retrieve an item at Cross Timbers Marina in Osage County. They say he fell into the water for an unknown reason just after 6:30pm.
Cooke was not wearing a life jacket.
Park rangers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Osage County Sheriff’s Office, Skiatook Fire and Country Corner Fire also responded to the scene.
